Taro the Dragon Boy (1979)
Patterned after Japanese art and silk screens, Taro, The Dragon Boy is an animated feature about Japanese mythology and cultures, focusing on Taro, a young boy who has to make a voyage to a distant lake to save his mother, who has been turned into a dragon.
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Patterned after Japanese art and silk screens, Taro, The Dragon Boy is an animated feature about Japanese mythology and cultures, focusing on Taro, a young boy who has to make a voyage to a distant lake to save his mother, who has been turned into a dragon.
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Genre:Fantasy, Animation, Family, Adventure
Written By:Kirio Urayama, Takashi Mitsui
In Theaters:3/17/1979
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Runtime:75 minutes
Studio:Toei Video Company
Cast
Kirio Urayama
Director
Junya Kato
Taro (voice)
Mina Tominaga
Aya (voice)
Kirio Urayama
Tengu (voice)
Junko Kuroda
Narrator (voice)
Kazuo Kitamura
Black Oni (voice)
Kazuo Kumakura
Red Oni (voice)
Kirin Kiki
Yamanba (voice)
Sayuri Yoshinaga
Tatsuya (voice)
Toshiko Yabuki
Tarō's Grandmother (voice)
Tsuneo Sanada
Hakuja (voice)
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